“ Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. ”
Who in times past - Previous to the gospel; in past ages. Suffered all nations - Permitted all nations; that is, all Gentiles, Acts 17:30 . “And the times of this ignorance God winked at.”...
(5) Who in times past (g) suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. (5) Custom, be it ever so old, does not excuse the idolaters. (g) Allowed them to live as they wished, prescribing and appo...
Lystra. Lystra, 25 miles SW. of Iconium, 10 miles off the trade route, in a secluded glen. Lystra and Derbe were the two cities of the Lycaonian region of Galatia; Roman influence was strong there,...
times . generations. Greek. genea. past . passed away. Greek. paroichomai. Only here. nations . Greek. ethnos.
− 16. In times past. Because the men of Lystra might object that that God was unknown hitherto, Paul and Barnabas prevent them and say, that all men wandered indeed in darkness, and that all...
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. Who in times past suffered all nations, etc. - The words παντα τα εθνη, which we here translate, all nations, should be rendered, all...
Who in times past suffered all nations, &c.— That is, all the Gentiles. God left all nations, except the Jews, to the light of the heathen dispensation. It does not appear that any prophet exce...
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways - that is, interfered not with their own unaided search afte...
First Missionary Journey (continued) 1-7. Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. The gospel meets with great success among both Jews and Gentiles in this populous city, and miracles are wrought in confirma...
Who in times past suffered all nations. — Better, all the heathen; the term used being that which is always employed of the nations outside the covenant of Israel. We have here the first germ of...
Establishing the New Believers Acts 14:14-28 In Paul's address we have distinct anticipations of the early Chapter s of the Epistle to the Romans. How fickle a mob is! Now, enthusiastic loyalty...
In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between...
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. (12) And they called Barnabas, Jupiter;...
Who in times past ,.... For many hundred years past; even ever since God chose and separated the people of Israel from the rest of the nations, to be a peculiar people to himself: from that time he...
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. Ver. 16. Suffered all nations, &c. ] That we walk not as other Gentiles, in our own ways, but know and serve the true God, is...
Then the priest of Jupiter Who was esteemed the tutelar deity of that place, and whose statue stood just without the gate; brought oxen , or bulls rather, and garlands To put on the victims; t...
Iconium was also in Asia Minor: here they entered the synagogue and the Spirit of God gave them grace to so speak as to vitally influence a great number, both of Jews and Gentiles, to believe the gos...
The Lame Man Healed at Lystra; Paul and Barnabas at Lystra. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a...
There were two main objections which these heathen idolaters might make against the gospel, and the worship of the true God: and they are, first, from the antiquity, secondly, from the universality,...
The Ministry at Lystra (14:8-20a). A description is now given of the rather colourful events that occurred during their ministry in Lystra. These are on top of the fact that they proclaimed the Go...
HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS .— Acts 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas at Lystra; or, the Gospel among Barbarians I. The miracle at Lystra .— 1. The subject . “A certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple...
Acts 14:1 . It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the jews. St. Luke makes here a great leap, and is very laconic, merely naming Perga and Attalia. This gr...
And it came to pass in Iconium. Iconium A considerable city of Asia Minor, generally considered as belonging to Lycaonia. It lay in a fertile plain at the foot of Taurus, on the great line of c...
EXPOSITION Acts 14:1 Entered for went both, A.V.; Jews for the Jews, A.V.; and for and also, A.V.; Greeks for the Greeks, A.V. Observe how in every case Greeks are found atten...
The horrified speech of Paul:
1 Peter 4:3 ; Acts 17:30 ; Ephesians 2:12 ; Hosea 4:17 ; Psalms 147:20 ; Psalms 81:12 ; Romans 1:21-25 ; Romans 1:28
Preaching by the Way Acts 14:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open the 14th chapter of Acts, we find Paul and Barnabas still traveling together and entering into Iconium. It is our purpose today...
Who in times past — He prevents their objection, "But if these things are so, we should have heard the in from our fathers." Suffered — An awful judgment, all nations — The multitude of them that e...